Box-holder



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BUX HOLDER.

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Patented Oct. 21, 1919.

UNTTED STATES PATENT GFFTCE.

GEORGE E. scorr, or HOQUIAM, WASHINGTON.

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To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE F. Soon, a citizen of the United States, residing at Hoquiam, in the county of Grays Harbor and State of Washington, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Box- Holders, of which the following is a speci- V fication; c p

This invention relates to box holders and more particularly to an adjustable rack for holding crates and. boxes particularly boxes such as are used by fruit 7 growers and packers. V

The primary object of the invention is to provide an improved adjustable rack of this character especially adapted to hold the crate or box in an elevated position to assist the packer in readily packing and filling the box or crate in a manner that will obviate the necessity of stooping orbending the body as when the crate is placed upon the ground. l

A furtherobject of the invention is to provide an adjustable box holder adapted to maintain the box orcrate in an angularly disposed position the supporting part being arranged to permit the angle to bereadily changed as desired.

A further object of the invention is to provide a device of this character which consists of comparatively few parts and is tion, in which like numerals of, reference indicate corresponding parts throughout the several views, supporting rails 1 and 2 are arranged in parallel relation and suitably spaced apart to serve as a base for the holder. Each rail is provided at one end thereof with vertical uprights 3 which may be of any desired len h. Two other similar uprights 4 are attac ed to the rails 1 and 2 at points approximately intermediate the Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Oct, 21, 1919 Application filed August '20, 1918. Serial No. 250,673. 7

ends of the uprights. Each pair of rails 3 and 4:, at one side of the rack, are connected together at their upper ends by connecting bars 5. These connecting bars 5 are arranged to be held horizontally so that they act as a support for the crate or boxwhen the same is placed on the top of the rack. Diagonally disposed brace bars 6 are connected to the uprights 3 and the base rails 1 and 2 and these angularly dis-posed brace bars also serve as a support for a box or crate in the manner shown by dotted lines in Fig. 2 when it is desired to maintain a crate in the position shown. It is desirable that the base rails 1 and 2 and the parts connected thereto, be adjustable toward and away from each other and for this reason the connecting bars 5 are each provided with an opening 7 through which is extended the ends of a cross rod 8 which may be of any desired length so that the side sections of the rack may be readily adjustedtoward and away from each other. The brace bars 6 are also provided with similar openings through which the ends of cross rods 9 are extended, these acting in the same manner to maintain the side sections in the properly adjusted position and also to assist in supporting a box or crate when the same is mounted thereon. Near the ends of the rails 1 and 2 opposite to theends to which the uprights 3 are attached, relatively short uprights 10 are fixed. The upper ends of these uprights are provided with a series of longitudinally spaced openings 11 any one of which is adapted to receive a bolt 12. Retaining bars 13 and 14 are attached to each bolt 12, being arranged in pairs as shown and each pair having the ends overlapped so that the retaining bars in each pair are heldin a relatively angular position. A series of openings are provided in 1 each retaining bar so that the associated parts are relatively adjustable to maintain the retaining bars in any desired position for supporting a "box or crate. The opposite ends of the retaining bars 13 and 14: are engaged with the uprights 4 as shown, the members 14 being pivotally connected by the bolts 15 while the members 13 are attached to the uprights by mounting them upon the cross bar or rod 16 similar to the members 8 and 9. The lower ends ofthe uprights 10 are fixed to the brace rails by the bolts 17 which will permit the uprights to swing to an angular position if desired. It will be readily seen, therefore, that the associated retaining bars and upright members may be readily relatively adjusted to maintain the members 13 in any angular position so that the box or crate illustrated in broken lines in Fig. 1 may be properly held in the position desired.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A box holder comprising relatively adj ustable side sections, each including a base rail having vertically disposed uprights attached thereto, two of the uprights on each rail being of equal length and having connecting bars fixed to their upper ends to maintain the said uprights in parallel relation, the other upright being pivotally connected to one end of the base rail, a pair of retaining bars having their ends over lapped and pivotally'connected to the last mentioned upright, the opposite ends of the retaining bars being pivotally attached to one of the said pairs of uprights, the two sections thus formed being laterally spaced apart, and rods extending transversely between the said sections and connected thereto whereby the said sections may be relatively moved toward and away from each other.

2. A box holder comprising a frame, comprising parallel base rails, uprights of different lengths attached to the said base rails, the uprights of the greatest length having their upper ends joined together, the said joined ends having cross bars to maintain them in the relatively fixed positions, diagonally extending brace bars connected to the base rails and certain of the said uprights, shorter uprights having a series of openings formed in their upper ends, angularly disposed retaining bars having their ends overlapped and arranged in pairs to engage the said shorter uprights, each of the .said retaining bars. being provided with a series of openings and also pivotally connected to certain of the said longer uprights,

and rods extending transversely and connecting the uprights and connecting bars together.

3. A box holder comprising a pair of side rails arranged in parallel rel: tion and having upright members attached thereto, re-

tainingbars arranged in pairs, each pair comprising overlapped bars disposed in an' angular position with respect to each other, the said bars having longitudinally spaced openings therein, the said overlapped ends GEORGE IF. scorn l/Vitnesses v EMLYN E. PRIOHARDY o CARRIE HoNE'rscHLAonR.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the fCoxhmisSioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C. 

